The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1961, the latest event was in 1994
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1963 – LAUNCH: SA-4, LC34, CCAFS – Fourth Saturn I first stage test with planned premature engine shutdown scenario
2009 – LANDING: STS-119 (Discovery), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1983 – LAUNCH: GE/RCA NOAA 8, GD Atlas E, SLC3W, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
1986 – LAUNCH: GE GSTAR2 (also Brasilsat A2), Ariane 3, ELA2, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – MM Titan II squadrons reduced from 14 to 12 squadrons by President Kennedy
1961 – LAUNCH: MM Titan I, LC19, CCAFS
1969 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Polaris A2E, SSBN610, ETR
1977 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C4, LC25C, CCAFS
1994 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Trident C-4, SSBN729, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the launch of NOAA 8 on an Atlas E in 1983 and an example of imaging from this spacecraft showing Hurricane Elena in September 1985. Photo Credit for Launch: DoD archives found on Wikipedia. Photo Credit for Hurricane image: NOAA.
